τράγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably cognate with Old Armenian արածեմ (aracem).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tráɡos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tráɣos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /tráɣos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /tráɣos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tɾáɣos/

Noun

τράγος (genitive τράγου) m, second declension; (tragos)

1. a male goat
2. The goat-like smell of the armpits
3. The age of puberty
4. lewdness, lechery

Inflection

Second declension of τράγος, τράγου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τράγος	τὼ τράγω	οἱ τράγοι
Genitive	τοῦ τράγου	τοῖν τράγοιν	τῶν τράγων
Dative	τῷ τράγῳ	τοῖν τράγοιν	τοῖς τράγοις
Accusative	τὸν τράγον	τὼ τράγω	τοὺς τράγους
Vocative	τράγε	τράγω	τράγοι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5131

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Greek

Noun

τράγος (trágos) m,   plural τράγοι

1. billy goat, male goat
2. (slang) a lecherous man
3. (slang, pejorative) a priest (especially when having a long beard, cf. τραγόπαπας)

Declension

declension of τράγος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	τράγος	τράγοι
genitive (γενική)	τράγου	τράγων
accusative (αιτιατική)	τράγο	τράγους
vocative (κλητική)	τράγε	τράγοι

Derived terms

• αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος m (apodiopompaíos trágos, “scapegoat”)
• τράγειος m (trágeios, “goat, hircine”)
• τραγελαφικός m (tragelafikós, “grotesque”)
• τραγέλαφος m (tragélafos, “a fantastic creature, half goat and half deer”)

See also

• γίδα f (gída, “goat”)
• κατσίκι n (katsíki, “kid (goat)”)